Day 2: On another note...

Today's project?  A descant for Gordon Light's "She comes sailing on the wind".  It's still rough around the edges, mostly because I haven't practised it enough to be able to sing and play it at the same time.  I did try it out at choir practise tonight so I have a better idea of the rough spots.

I probaby should have included a musical sound byte but I don't know how to do that yet so a picture will have to do.

I've never been able to compose a melody that is worth a darn but I think I can produce passable harmonies.  I wonder what the difference is, in training or talent.  I know that Mark has a much better ability to remember tunes.  He is always trying to play the 'identify this song in three notes or less' game with me.  Why I don't know since I suck at it.  And yet, I'm the musician, not him.

I saw a TV show (TVO/PBS type programming) about Sting's brain.  He was asked to produce a new melody while lying in an MRI machine.  What amazed me was that he remembered that scrap of tune months later without writing it down.  That is definitely not how my brain works.  Which is why he is the famous musician and me, not so much.

P.S.  Yes, that is plastic on the top of the piano.  Protection against drywall dust.  Though, as of tonight, there is only one day's work left on the bathroom.  Yeah.